Falana Asks N/Assembly To Probe Buhari’s Withdrawal Of $496m From ECA

Human rights lawyer and activist, Barrister Femi Falana,
has urged the National Assembly to investigate the unconstitutional
withdrawal of $496million from the excess crude account (ECA) by
President Muhammadu Buhari.

The presidency had confirmed that Buhari gave anticipatory
approval for the withdrawal $496million to the United States to pay
for Tucano Aircrafts.

Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said, “Since 1999,
anticipated approvals have been the order of the day.

“Presidents (Olusegun) Obasanjo, (Umaru) Yar’Adua and (Goodluck)
Jonathan were alleged to have spent N1.5trillion without
parliamentary approval. We thought that that era had gone for
good.

“The National Assembly should investigate the withdrawal with a
view to stopping the executive”.

Human rights lawyer and activist, Barrister Femi Falana,
has urged the National Assembly to investigate the unconstitutional
withdrawal of $496million from the excess crude account (ECA) by
President Muhammadu Buhari.

The presidency had confirmed that Buhari gave anticipatory
approval for the withdrawal $496million to the United States to pay
for Tucano Aircrafts.

Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said, “Since 1999,
anticipated approvals have been the order of the day.

“Presidents (Olusegun) Obasanjo, (Umaru) Yar’Adua and (Goodluck)
Jonathan were alleged to have spent N1.5trillion without
parliamentary approval. We thought that that era had gone for
good.

“The National Assembly should investigate the withdrawal with a
view to stopping the executive”.